Egypt dismiss Ahmed Kamal and women’s national team coaching staff

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA), chaired by Hany Abou Rida, has dismissed the coaching staff of the Egypt women’s national football team, led by Ahmed Kamal.

The decision was approved by the association’s board as part of a wider move to develop a long-term strategy for women’s football in Egypt. No reason was given for the dismissal beyond the decision itself.

The EFA board has also agreed to form a committee to prepare the strategy. The committee will include board members Walid Darwish and Enas Mazhar, along with Shawky Gharib, the association’s technical director.

Its work will focus on creating a sustainable programme to develop new generations of young female players. The plan is intended to broaden participation in women’s football, improve the process of identifying talented players and provide them with the necessary preparation for progression.

A central element will be the use of FIFA’s Talent Development Scheme (TDS), which the EFA says can help identify and support promising players. The project is also designed to provide a structured basis for developing Egypt’s women’s national teams through sustainable technical and scientific methods.

The proposed strategy therefore covers both the immediate organisation of the national team and the longer-term development of the women’s game. Its stated objectives include creating a wider pool of players, supporting emerging talent and building future national teams on more consistent foundations.

The change in the technical staff follows Egypt’s exit from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Egypt lost all of its matches in the group stage and failed to progress to the knockout rounds.

With the coaching staff now dismissed, the EFA has placed emphasis on the committee’s task of preparing a broader plan for women’s football rather than limiting its response to the senior national team. The association’s stated approach combines talent identification, player development and the expansion of participation.

The committee’s membership brings together two members of the EFA board and the association’s technical director. Walid Darwish and Enas Mazhar will serve alongside Shawky Gharib as they work on the proposed long-term programme.

The plan will also seek to make use of FIFA’s TDS initiative as part of the process of discovering and nurturing players with the potential to represent Egypt. According to the EFA’s direction, that work should contribute to the creation of women’s national teams built around lasting technical and scientific principles.

The dismissal of Ahmed Kamal’s staff and the formation of the planning committee mark the two decisions approved by the EFA board. Together, they provide the association’s initial framework for reshaping the development of women’s football after Egypt’s group-stage departure from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.